Ruler of Dubai Dies While in Australia

By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jan 4, 4:31 PM ET
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Sheik Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emir of Dubai and one of the world's foremost owners and breeders of thoroughbred horses, died Wednesday in Australia. He was 62.

Sheik Maktoum, also prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, was succeeded by his younger brother, Crown Prince Sheik Mohammed, the defense minister of the UAE, a federation of seven Gulf states.

Sheik Maktoum, visiting Australia for the prestigious Magic Millions yearling sales, died at the exclusive Palazzo Versace hotel on Australia's Gold Coast, police said.

Authorities in Dubai would not give the cause of death. Australian police would say only that the emir did not die of suspicious causes. Australian media speculated he died of a heart attack, and Al-Jazeera TV said he was believed to have a history of heart problems.

Sheik Maktoum owned hundreds of thoroughbreds and won some of the biggest races in the world.

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